I couldn't run yesterday because of work conflicts. It couldn't be helped. So I'm going to try and put in a few extra miles on my other runs this week, thus the 10 this morning. I wondered how I would handle a 10 miler without consciously taking it easy for part of the run. I took off and got into a groove at around 8:30-8:45. It was till slower than three months ago, but faster than anything in the last two. I waited for my strength to weaken a little but it never did, in fact I found myself running below 8 on mile 8. I never made a decision to push it, it just happened. I didn't have the strength to keep that pace up on the last two miles but I did run 8:15s on those. Anyway, average pace was 8:30 and I'm starting to see some recovery from the injuries/blood donation of the last few months, finally. I'm going to run 7 or 8 tomorrow. I'm anxious to see how much I have in the tank. | 